Golf-club.



W. PARK.

GOLF CLUB.

'APPLICATION FILED APR. 18.1914.

1,138,479, Patented June 27,1916.

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THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH co., WASHINGTON, D. c.

WILLIAM PARK, OF EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND.

GOLF-CLUB.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J une 27, 1916.

7 Application filed April 18, 1914. Serial No. 832,991.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM PARK, a subjectof the King of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at Edinburgh, in thecounty of Midlothian, Scotland, have invented new and usefulImprovements in or Relating to Golf-Clubs, of which the following is aspecification.

My said invention relates to golf clubs, and has for its object toprovide an improved striking surface, or face, more particularly to thetype known as iron clubs.

In carrying out my invention the striking surface, or face, of the headof the club is stepped, comparatively few steps are em ployed,preferably three, commencing at the bottom edge and receding toward andterminating at the top edge of the club head, for a purpose to behereinafter referred to, but these steps only extend along a part of theface of the club.

In order that my said invention and the manner of performing the samemay be properly understood I hereunto append a sheet of explanatorydrawings to be hereinafter referred to in describing my invention.

Figure 1, is a front elevation. Fig. 2, is an end elevation, and Fig. 3,is a sectional elevation of the improved club head.

In these drawings the same reference letters are used to mark the sameor like parts wherever they are repeated.

As shown in the drawings the striking surface, or face A, of the clubhead B, is arranged so as to form a step-like formation, these stepsgradually receding toward the top edge 0, of the club face. These stepsextend horizontally along the face of the club from the front edge ortoe but termimate a short distance in advance of the back edge or heel.The object of arranging the striking surface in the manner described isto insure that when the ball is fairly struck by the club the point ofimpact will be below the center of the ball, with the result that whilethe ball is propelled in a forward d rection, a rotary motion will atthe same time be imparted to it. The rotary motion ofthe ball isdirectly opposed to the propelling or forward movement, with the resultthat when the ball falls, it comes to rest at approximately the pointwhere it landed. In this way the ball can be driven forward to'the pointaimed at, Without having to make allowance for the usual run forward.

What I claim is:

1. In a golf club, a club head the striking face of which is providedwith a number of steps, suchsteps commencing at the bottom and recedingtoward and terminating at the top edge of the club head, such stepsextending horizontally from the toe along the club face and terminatinga short distance from the heel, substantially as set forth. I

2. A golf club, the head of which is provided with a striking faceformed with a series of steps extending horizontally.

3. A golf club having the head thereof provided-with a striking faceformed with a series of steps extending horizontally, the portions ofthe face between the steps being rectilinear and inclined with abackward pitch.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

- WILLIAM PARK.

Witnesses GEORGE PAr'rnRsoN, JOHN MoKAY GLAs's.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing-thHWonmissioner oi ratenm,

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